Our friends came to celebrate America and Jordan's one week birthday!
Jordan's 'Just Born' picture. Didn't turn out too great, maybe we'll get better at capturing her as the months go on.
Just a couple sweet pictures of our girl at home.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Jordan One Day New and other pictures
Our friends came to celebrate America and Jordan's one week birthday!
Jordan's 'Just Born' picture. Didn't turn out too great, maybe we'll get better at capturing her as the months go on.
Just a couple sweet pictures of our girl at home.
Our First 2 Weeks
We spent Jordan's first 2 days in the hospital and came home Saturday afternoon on June 29th. We were surrounded by so many friends and family members that already love Jordan so much. We are so happy to share our little gift with everyone in our life.
The first two weeks have consisted of lots of sleeping, eating and diaper changes, which was expected. We are all adjusting to the 'feed the baby every 3 hours' thing. One person says to never wake a sleeping baby, and another says, DON'T FORGET TO FEED IT!! It is 2013 after all, so you can imagine most of our parenting choices are fueled by google and the first link that comes up typically wins the battle!
Things we've learned over the first 2 weeks: Feed every 3 hours, wash her face every day but her body once every 3 days, don't touch the umbilical cord stump, let her sleep 16 hours a day, make sure she has alert awake time, why is she breathing so loud, why does she keep putting her hands in her face, and the list. goes. on.
Below are only a few pictures from the hospital and our first week at home. I wish I could post them all, but as most parents do, we took way too many!
I'll give credit to my sister for this, but on her blog she put a list of things she didn't want to forget about my nephew at that stage of his life. I am going to steal it because I think it's a cute idea for us to remember what Jordan is doing now so we can look back and remember the development of our little one! I'm aware that at 2 weeks she doesn't do a lot but sleep and eat, so this is probably a pretty short list for now!
The first two weeks have consisted of lots of sleeping, eating and diaper changes, which was expected. We are all adjusting to the 'feed the baby every 3 hours' thing. One person says to never wake a sleeping baby, and another says, DON'T FORGET TO FEED IT!! It is 2013 after all, so you can imagine most of our parenting choices are fueled by google and the first link that comes up typically wins the battle!
Things we've learned over the first 2 weeks: Feed every 3 hours, wash her face every day but her body once every 3 days, don't touch the umbilical cord stump, let her sleep 16 hours a day, make sure she has alert awake time, why is she breathing so loud, why does she keep putting her hands in her face, and the list. goes. on.
Below are only a few pictures from the hospital and our first week at home. I wish I could post them all, but as most parents do, we took way too many!
I'll give credit to my sister for this, but on her blog she put a list of things she didn't want to forget about my nephew at that stage of his life. I am going to steal it because I think it's a cute idea for us to remember what Jordan is doing now so we can look back and remember the development of our little one! I'm aware that at 2 weeks she doesn't do a lot but sleep and eat, so this is probably a pretty short list for now!
- Her hands are ALWAYS on her face
- This means a new scratch on her face every day
- This means a new scratch on her face every day
- She raises her eyebrows and puckers her lips when she's hungry
- Her neck is stronger than we would have thought. She throws her head around like crazy.
- Her eyes change colors every day
- We can see her focus on our faces when we hold her
- We can see her focus on our faces when we hold her
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Welcome Jordan Elizabeth
She's here! Jordan Elizabeth Mudge was born on June 27, 2013 at 3:24 pm at 8 lbs 6 oz and 20 inches long.
Due to a little bit of high blood pressure, the doctor gave us the go ahead to induce labor on Thursday, June 27th. We checked into the hospital at 5am and started pitocin about 6. I started having a few contractions, but nothing like when my doctor came in to break my water. From the time she broke my water to the time I received my epidural was, what I thought at the time, the longest hour of my life. After the epidural, I had painless contractions for about 4 hours and then was fully dilated and ready to start pushing.
After 2 hours of pushing, which I now know were the longest hours of my life, we finally got Jordan close enough to make her entrance. We had a few moments when Jordan had a decreased heart rate, and we thought we may need to do a C section. I was going to do anything to not have to have surgery after all of that work for 2 hours, so was happy when we were able to avoid it. Those final few pushes were probably not the most pleasant experiences of my life, but it shortly became all worth it.
Chris was a wonderful coach through the entire 2 hours. We had all sorts of delivery room rules like.."don't tell me I'm doing great", "don't touch my foot", "don't tell me I'm almost there", along with a few others that all went out the window the second I realized that I needed all of those things. After his 2 hours of semi-hard work, the look on his face when Jordan made her entrance was priceless.
That moment when the doctor showed us our little girl and put her on my chest is something I hope Chris and I will never forget. I'll be a little sentimental here, just in case I think about forgetting it, I can come read this and capture that moment again. Plus, it's my blog...I'll do what I want. Anyway...she was perfect and absolutely the most beautful thing I've ever seen. Even though I had a relatively easy pregnancy, the 9 months of carrying her around, substituting water for my nightly glass of wine, not sleeping, discomfort, carrying around 40 extra pounds, and then the pain of childbirth all became so insignificant at that moment. She is a little miracle that God has given to us and entrusted us to raise His precious little girl, we could not feel more blessed and honored to be her parents. Ok. I'm done :)
Welcome to this world Jordan Elizabeth. Your daddy and I love you so much and cannot wait to start this adventure of life together as our little family of 3!
Due to a little bit of high blood pressure, the doctor gave us the go ahead to induce labor on Thursday, June 27th. We checked into the hospital at 5am and started pitocin about 6. I started having a few contractions, but nothing like when my doctor came in to break my water. From the time she broke my water to the time I received my epidural was, what I thought at the time, the longest hour of my life. After the epidural, I had painless contractions for about 4 hours and then was fully dilated and ready to start pushing.
After 2 hours of pushing, which I now know were the longest hours of my life, we finally got Jordan close enough to make her entrance. We had a few moments when Jordan had a decreased heart rate, and we thought we may need to do a C section. I was going to do anything to not have to have surgery after all of that work for 2 hours, so was happy when we were able to avoid it. Those final few pushes were probably not the most pleasant experiences of my life, but it shortly became all worth it.
Chris was a wonderful coach through the entire 2 hours. We had all sorts of delivery room rules like.."don't tell me I'm doing great", "don't touch my foot", "don't tell me I'm almost there", along with a few others that all went out the window the second I realized that I needed all of those things. After his 2 hours of semi-hard work, the look on his face when Jordan made her entrance was priceless.
That moment when the doctor showed us our little girl and put her on my chest is something I hope Chris and I will never forget. I'll be a little sentimental here, just in case I think about forgetting it, I can come read this and capture that moment again. Plus, it's my blog...I'll do what I want. Anyway...she was perfect and absolutely the most beautful thing I've ever seen. Even though I had a relatively easy pregnancy, the 9 months of carrying her around, substituting water for my nightly glass of wine, not sleeping, discomfort, carrying around 40 extra pounds, and then the pain of childbirth all became so insignificant at that moment. She is a little miracle that God has given to us and entrusted us to raise His precious little girl, we could not feel more blessed and honored to be her parents. Ok. I'm done :)
Welcome to this world Jordan Elizabeth. Your daddy and I love you so much and cannot wait to start this adventure of life together as our little family of 3!
Monday, June 17, 2013
We're Ready!! 38 Weeks
I know we're only 38 weeks along and have 2 (or 3) weeks to go, but Chris and I are definitely ready. The nursery is completed, work has been delegated and we've 'nested' just about as much as we're going to nest. Now. We wait. This anxious stage may be the end of me, every single time a movement feels slightly different than normal, I am convinced I'm going into labor. My doctor assures me she will not let me go past a week late and I'm beginning to think July 5th may be the new expected date, but maybe I'm being a bit pessimistic...and impatient.
They say Jordan is about as large as a watermelon which is both cool, that I can carry around a watermelon-size human being every day, and not so cool as it's 100 degrees outside and she is pushing down on me every time I take a step. Not to mention the birth of said watermelon, but once again...I'm kind of avoiding all labor thoughts until absolutely necessary.
It may have taken us the last 4 months to finish the nursery, but we think it's finally done! For some reason, I didn't take a picture of the actual crib or bedding, maybe because I'm still storing things there and it isn't quite picture ready, but here is a look at the rest of the room:
They say Jordan is about as large as a watermelon which is both cool, that I can carry around a watermelon-size human being every day, and not so cool as it's 100 degrees outside and she is pushing down on me every time I take a step. Not to mention the birth of said watermelon, but once again...I'm kind of avoiding all labor thoughts until absolutely necessary.
It may have taken us the last 4 months to finish the nursery, but we think it's finally done! For some reason, I didn't take a picture of the actual crib or bedding, maybe because I'm still storing things there and it isn't quite picture ready, but here is a look at the rest of the room:
We also did maternity pictures with our friend Laura Hollander. Here is the link to her blog and a few of our favorites:
Monday, June 10, 2013
One loved little girl
Currently at 37 weeks. I don't have a belly picture. I've apparently gotten tired of changing my sign and taking a picture outside because it's 95 degrees and I keep putting off for fear of melting. Hopefully I'll get one more picture in before Jordan makes her grand entrance.
We don't know know much about our little girl yet, but we do know that she is very VERY loved. We are so blessed to have so many people in our lives that love and care about us and are helping us to prepare to bring Jordan into this world. Here are a few more pictures of her being showered!
We had a shower in Austin surrounded by all of the women who have known Chris his entire life. They have been so generous to welcome me in and provide Chris and I with so many things we will need once Jordan gets here.
The nursery is just about done, all of her clothes have been washed and hung and she has everything a little human could possibly need waiting for her in her new home. We weren't quite packed and ready for her...until I found out my body is starting this process with a few mild contractions over the weekend. We're pretty sure this was just God's way of telling us to pack our stuff and start preparing for this crazy adventure of parenthood. :) We also realized we weren't as scared as we thought we were. The excitement is starting to get to us, and we are getting so ready to hold our sweet baby girl and then figure out what to do from there!!
We don't know know much about our little girl yet, but we do know that she is very VERY loved. We are so blessed to have so many people in our lives that love and care about us and are helping us to prepare to bring Jordan into this world. Here are a few more pictures of her being showered!
We had a shower in Austin surrounded by all of the women who have known Chris his entire life. They have been so generous to welcome me in and provide Chris and I with so many things we will need once Jordan gets here.
We also had a shower with all of our new friends in The Woodlands! These girls and their husbands have so quickly become an important part of our life and community here over the past year and a half. We really are so blessed to have them support us in this stage of our life and they are all ready to babysit once little Jordan gets here! :)
I don't know why these pictures are coming in so squatty. If you click on the pictures you can see the original size and it looks much better. I promise we all look much better than this pictures shows!
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